Cane-loading machine.



No. 672,789. Patented Apr. 23, 190|. 4.o. MARTINEZ.

CANE LOADING MACHINE.

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JOSEPH D. MARTNEZ, OF WHITECASTLE, LOUISIANA.

CANE-LOADING MACHINE.

SPEOIFICATIONforming part o f Letters Patent No. 672,789, dated; April23, 1901i. Application led October 15, 1900. Serial No. 33,126. (Nomodel.)

To a/ZZ whom t 1v1/tty concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH D. MARTINEZ, a citizen of the United States,residing at Whitecastle, in the parish of Iberville and State ofLouisiana, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements inCane-Loading Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to improvements in cane-loaders; and it consists ofthe machine having devices for picking up, elevating, and turning thecane in position for loading upon a vehicle, and, finally, for droppingit upon such vehicle, all as will be hereinafter 'fully described andclaimed. Reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which thesame parts are designated by the same letters of reference throughoutthe several views, and in which- Figure l represents a side elevation ofthe entire machine. Fig. 2 represents a plan view of the same with thetop platform and revolving armsremoved and shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3represents a side elevation of the mechanism for raising and loweringthe front part of the machine. Fig. 4. represents a plan View of the topplatform removed from the' machine. Fig. 5 is a detail View showing aside elevation and plan view of a part of `one of the carrier-chains.

The several devices comprising my machine are mounted upon a rectangularframe composed of the side beams A A, the cross-beams A' A', theuprights A2 and A3, and the upper platform-beams A4. The frame is bracedat the corners and junctions of the beams by braces A5 and also hasbrace-beams A' eX- tending from the upper platformv to near the forwardend of the side beams A. The rear part of the frame is supported onwheels B, and the forward portion of the frame is `supported upon aframe O, carried upon the wheels C. The frame C is connected with themain frame by links C2 and Cwhich are pivoted at their front ends to theframe O and at their rear ends to the side beams A.

A shaft D is journaled on the side beams A, just above the frame C, andhas secured near its ends toothed pinions d, which mesh with segmentalracks c on the frame C. A third toothed wheel d' is mounted on the shaftD, and a handle D', bifurcated at its lower end to straddle the Wheeld', is also mounted on the said shaft and is provided with a slidingcatch d2, the lower end of which engages the toothed wheel d' and theupper end of which is provided with a handle cl3, by which the lower endmay b'e raised clear of the toothed wheel d'. A pawl d4 is mounted inthe frame of the machine and adapted to engage the toothed wheel d toprevent rotation thereof when the handle Dl is released. This pawl maybe disengaged from the toothed wheel d' by raising the forward extensionthereof, as will be readily understood. By

turning the shaft D by means of the handle D the pinions d will becaused to run up or down the segmental racks c, and thus raise or lowerthe front of the main frame of the machine.

A secondary frame E is suspended below each of the side beams Aof themain frame, and in these frames E are journaled shafts F, G, and H, eachshaft being provided with a number of sprocket-wheels f, g, and h,respectively. The rear one of these shafts F has hung thereon a seriesof arms F', which are curved forwardly and downwardly and providedbeneath their forward ends with rollers f', which run on the ground andsupport the forward ends of the arms F', keeping them just out ofcontact with the ground.

A shaftl is journaled upon the side beams A above the frames E and isprovided with a number of sprocket-wheels i between the two side beamsand with a sprocket-wheel t" at one end.

A series of sprocket-chains K run on the sprocket-Wheels i, g, and h andhave ngers or carriers K', (shown more clearlyin Fig. 5,) each carrierconsisting of a curved finger la', pivoted on one of the pins 7o of thechains and held in position by links or arms k2', which are pivoted atone end to one of the pins le and at their other ends to the saidfingers 7c', thus holding said curved fingers at approximately rightangles to the chains.

A shaft L is journaled on the side beams A in rear of the forward pairof uprights A2 and carries a large sprocket-wheel Z at one end, a pairof small sprocket-wheels l', and a IOO sprocket-wheel 7l' on ltheshaftI.

the rear wheels revolve the ehainO willdrive the shaft L and the ychainO will drive the shaft I, which in turn will drive/'the carrierchains K.The fingers on the carrier-chains are arranged to move rearwardly nearenough to the ground to pickupthecut cane andare` v so located that theywill begin their upward movement'with their ends between the arms F.upon-the arms F until it'is picked up by the fingers of theelevator-chains', which will-now beldescribed.

A shaft'M'isjour-.nalednear the upper ends ofthe-forward pair ofuprights A2 and is pro# vided with a number of sprocket-wheels m, abevel-pinion m,and a bevel gear-wheel m2, the latter'being at one endoutside of the main frame,vfor'a lpurpose to be described hereinafter. v

4The elevator-chains `M pass around the sprocket-wheels m and f andareprovided with lingers m3, made precisely like the fingers on thecarrier-chains K. These fingers mSGt-ake the cane from the arms ,F andthe fingers Zc and lift it `tothe platform 1N on top ofthe ,main frame.

l' lhe platform N, as shown in Fig. 4, is in the :form of a quadrant,having slots n along its .front edge forthe fingers m3 to pass throughas they turn over the sprocket-'wheels fm, and it `is also provided'withdownwardly-.curved fingers fn, over 4which the cane passes, and whichfingers assist in raising the cane from the fingers m3 on theelevator-chains M.

'The lshaft M is driven from the shaft 'L by means of a shaft P, which`is journaled in bearings Z4 and m4, hung on the shafts L and M,respectively, and having at itslower end a bevel gear-wheel p, meshingwith the'bevel gear-wheel Z2 on the shaft L,Yand at-its upper end abevel gear-wheel p', meshing with the bevel-pinion m on the shaft M.

A vertical shaft Q vis journaled i-n bearings ot on one of the verticalframe-pieces A2 and is 4provided with a 'bevel-pinion q, meshing withthe bevel gear-wheel'm2 onthe shaft M,

. from which the vertical shaft Q is driven.

Upon the shaft Q, slightly abo-ve ythe platform N, are secured a numberof arms Q, having depending teeth q', which sweep over the platform N inthe direction of the arrow in Figs. 2 and 4E and take the cane from thefingers m3 when it is deposited on the platform N, sweeping in aroundthe said platform, giving it a quarter-turn, and finally dropping itfrom the edge n2 of the platform into a vehicle, (not shown,) which whenthe machine is in operation is driven along at the side of the machine.

The platform N is provided with upwardlyextending Iianges N and N2 alongits curved Thus they will push the cane upwardly ranged to deliver thecane at the right-hand side; but it will be obvious that by slightchanges-in theshape ofthe platform and in the position of the verticalshaft Q it could be made to deliver at the left-hand side. It will alsobe obvious that otherslight changes or modifications might :be-made 'infthe-machine Withoutdeparting from the spirit of--the invention.

' zIn operation themachine is driven overfthe -field after the cane'fhasfloeen cut, awagon'or other suitablevehicle(not shown Yinthe-.drawings)being `driven along closeto-the delivery side thereof. The caneisApickedupbythe arms 2F' and lthe AfingersZc' `on thercarrierchains,vwhich latter carry it up iAthe arms F until the fingersm3 on the elevator-chains pickit up aud carry fit to thelplatform. Here4the lingers q' on the revolvingfarms lQ' sweep it "through one-quarterrevolution :and push it over ythe edgefrof the yplatform into thewagon4or other i'ecseliitzac'le.y i

'The gearingof the severallshafts is-so'proportioned that theelevator-chains M :run about twice as lfast as Ythe carrierehains K andthe .arms Q' revolve about twice as *fast as itheshaft M.

The machine may Ibe drawn by horses, mules, Aor other suitable motivepower, nand the draft-gear, not beinga part of 'mypresent invention, isnot lshown or described.

Having thus described :my invention, what I claim, and desire to securelby-Letters 'Patent of the United States, is

l. In a cane-loader, the combination "with the main frame `andsupporting-wheels `carried thereby, arms carried by-said frame, carrierssupported in said frame, a table mounted upon said main frame, rotatingarms, hav- 'ing `teeth adapted to move over said table,

and elevators adapted to take the cane `from said carrie-rs and deliver`the same-upon said table, and means =for operating the several parts,substantially as described.

v2. -In a cane-loader, the `combination with a mainframe, a shaft havingpi'nions journaled-on said mainframe; of a second frame below the mainframe, wheels supporting said second frame, links pivoted to saidmainframe and to said second frame, a segmental rack on the second framemeshing with the pinions onthe main frame, and means Vfor turning saidpinions to elevate or depress said main frame, substantial-ly asdescribed.

3. In a cane-loader, the combination of a frame, supporting-wheelsAcarried there-by, arms mounted beneath said frame, carriers alsomounted beneath said frame, adapted Vto IOO IIO

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coperatie with said arms, a table mounted npon said frame, elevatorsadapted to convey material from said carriers to said table, an

l upright shaft mounted in said frame, a plu- `rality of radial armssecured to said shaft,

frame, links connecting said main and second frames, segmental rackscarried by said second frame, and a shaft mounted in said main frame,and having pinions meshing ivith said segmental racks, for elevating anddepressing said main frame, thereby raising or lowering said picking-upand elevating devices, snbstantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOSEPH D. MARTINEZ.

Witnesses:

P. A. CHoPIN, F. M. MILES.

